The Tigers touched down in far north Queensland and enjoyed a light session on Monday, before enduring some gruelling running drills in a two hour workout at Cazaly's Stadium on Tuesday morning.

Still recovering from a partial rupture of his achilles tendon that left him sidelined for the second half of last year, Foley says the squad also has a chance to get to know each other off the field.

"It's a good opportunity to have some team bonding and that sort of stuff," he says. "We had a few meetings last night ... and I'm looking forward to seeing what unfolds in the week ahead."

"Obviously we're looking to try and build a greater fitness base through training in the heat and that's been the major focus."

Cairns has been less than hospitable to the Tigers the last two seasons with the club losing winnable games against the Gold Coast Suns at Cazaly's Stadium in 2011 and 2012.

Under their current agreement with the AFL, the Tigers will play the Suns in Cairns for the last time next year.

Despite their poor record, Foley says he hopes to leave Cairns on a winning note in 2013.

"At the end of the day it probably hasn't been a happy hunting ground for us up here," he says. "The Gold Coast have stolen eight points off us in the two games. We just hope to make amends next year."

As part of the trip the club is welcoming recent draft picks Nick Vlastuin, Kamdyn McIntosh, Liam McBean and Matthew McDonough who were selected last Thursday on the Gold Coast.

Foley says the quartet show promise and are being eased into training.

"It's certainly a good way to come into the club," he says. "They'll spend ten days with the whole group and by the end of the camp they'll know everyone pretty well."

"They're excited, naturally a little bit nervous and as a group we'll welcome them as well as we possibly can and try to make them feel comfortable."